pocketbook

🇬🇧 UK/'pɒkitbuk/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLC2

Definitions

n.

A purse or wallet; one's personal financial resources or budget

钱包;皮夹;个人财力

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
pocketother
+
bookother
=pocketbook

Common Collocations

  • 1.hit the pocketbook冲击钱包(经济利益)
  • 2.pocketbook issues民生经济议题
  • 3.[strain one's pocketbook]让钱包吃紧
  • 4.voter pocketbook选民的经济利益

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The new tax policy will hit middle-class pocketbooks hard.

  • 2.

    She rummaged through her pocketbook looking for her keys.

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